Originally Posted By: tman
Its not quite as innovative as everybody believes but I guess there weren't really any popular prepackaged solutions before Arduino.

I never really thought of the Arduino as being innovative, and I've never really gotten that impression from other people, either. The thing that everyone seems to love about the Arduino is that it makes it easy, on a platform that's head and shoulders above the only other pre-packaged "easy" solution out there (Basic STAMP).

Easy, and open. What's not to love?